Educated Men - "civilized," As Fourier Used

The Law Has No Claim To Human Respect. It Has No Civilizing Mission; Its Only Purpose Is To Protect Exploitation.

There Are Those, On The One Hand, Who Hope To Achieve The Social Revolution Through The State By Preserving And Even Extending Most Of Its Powers To Be Used For The Revolution. And There Are Those Like Ourselves Who See The State, Both In Its Present Form, In Its Very Essence, And In Whatever Guise It Might Appear, An Obstacle To The Social Revolution, The Greatest Hindrance To The Birth Of A Society Based On Equality And Liberty, As Well As The Historic Means Designed To Prevent This Blossoming.

My Brother Could Not Write About Trifles. Even In Society He Became Animated Only When Some Serious Discussion Was Engaged In, And He Complained Of Feeling 'a Dull Pain In The Brain'--a Physical Pain, As He Used To Say--when He Was With People Who Cared Only For Small Talk.

In Existing States A Fresh Law Is Looked Upon As A Remedy For Evil. Instead Of Themselves Altering What Is Bad, People Begin By Demanding A Law To Alter It.

If You Want To Know The People Of A Nation, I Am Sure You Can Judge A Great Deal More About Them From Their Cooking And Eating Traditions Than You Can From The Words And Actions Of Their Public Officials.